Fed Chair Warsh signals rate hikes may be needed with US inflation stubbornly elevated

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says (Aug. 28, 2026) inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has sent before about his economic outlook. In his first high-profile speech at the Fed’s annual conference at Jackson Hole, Warsh acknowledged in prepared remarks Friday that recent inflation reports show it has cooled a bit, but “they do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved.”